BRAZIL II: AGORA E LOUIS
CABO FRIO & NEIGHBORING TOURIST TRAPS
Just like on the first trip, my eyes were a
constant problem with no
allergy medicine doing the trick. This time, as an added wrinkle, I
developed a weird rash and a gastrointestinal "issue" that is not
proper to discuss in a family website such as this. All I will say is
that what people didn't know, didn't hurt them.
We took the bus to Cabo Frio. Never again. Cecilia's sister Celia, and
her husband Gerson joined us for fun in the sun and took us around to
the neighboring towns whose names I can no longer remember (it has been a year!).
We wandered the streets of Cabo Frio (PIC 1
PIC2
PIC 3) on our
first day and hit the beach (PIC 1
PIC2). When
Celia & Gerson arrived, the road trip began. We stopped in
about 3 or 4 towns
and checked out views
of the ocean from every angle. We took some rather questionable
routes and saw many historical treasures (PIC 1
PIC 2
PIC 3).
Cecilia's nephew, Matteus, was
suprisingly energetic, considering all the wandering we did.
You may be asking about Baja do Pirai? Didn't you guys stop and see her parents?
Yes, we were there too. But Baja is not exactly the tourist mecca that
Rio de Janeiro is. Her parents took us on a day trip to a town whose
name I can't remember (it has
been a year!) and it was quite nice. It featured some absolutely huge
trees, fun
paint colors and chickens as church
ornamentation (it's a Portuguese thing).
As with the previous trip, Cecilia's family was just amazing and bent
over backwards
to make me feel comfortable and I thank them for making this an awesome
trip. Like any vacation, it was too short and I'll have to back again
soon -- perhaps for Carnival...